Pathological hyperglycemia

Hyperglycemia can be divided into two types: physiological and pathological. Physiological hyperglycemia is generally related to improper diet. As long as it is adjusted in time, blood sugar can return to normal levels. But the harm of pathological hyperglycemia is very great. We need to know the main reasons and figure out our situation as quickly as possible so that we can get the best improvement. Let’s look at the main causes of pathological hyperglycemia.

Causes of Hyperglycemia

1: Occasional high blood sugar. If you eat a lot of sweets before a blood sugar test, you will of course get high blood sugar results. So if you are diagnosed with high blood sugar, don’t worry too much. After a while, check your blood sugar results again.

2: Bad living habits and environment. Most young people nowadays like fast food such as KFC and do not like vegetables and fruits. Long-term eating habits may lead to high blood sugar. Negative air ions are natural factors present in the air that can effectively reduce high blood sugar. However, environmental pollution causes a sharp drop in the content of negative oxygen ions in the air, and the human body does not absorb enough negative oxygen ions, which is also an important cause of high blood sugar.

3: High blood sugar caused by other diseases. Coronary heart disease and other diseases are closely related to high blood sugar. Therefore, once hyperglycemia is confirmed, one should try to understand the cause of the hyperglycemia so that symptomatic treatment can be provided and work can be done to prevent and treat hyperglycemia.

4: After excluding the above causes of high blood sugar, high blood sugar is very likely to be an early symptom of diabetes. Currently, the population suffering from diabetes is getting younger and younger, and even children with diabetes have appeared. Therefore, what diabetic patients must know is that high blood sugar must be treated early.

5. Genetic and other reasons can also lead to high blood sugar.

Precautions

1. When diabetic patients test their blood sugar themselves, they must use the same brand of test strips with the blood glucose meter and they cannot mix them. Some blood glucose test strips are different from batch to batch. Before replacing them, you need to enter the barcode number of the new test strip into the instrument, otherwise it will affect the test results.

2. Before self-testing blood sugar, diabetic patients should disinfect their fingers with alcohol and wait until the alcohol is completely dry before drawing blood to prevent alcohol from mixing into the blood. Iodine cannot be used for disinfection because iodine will react chemically with the test agent on the test paper and affect the accuracy of the test.

3. The amount of blood collected must be sufficient to completely cover the test area of ​​the test strip. If you find that the amount of blood is small when drawing blood, you should not squeeze your fingers, otherwise it will mix with the tissue fluid and interfere with the blood sugar concentration. To ensure that the amount of blood collected is sufficient, you can soak your hands in warm water beforehand and then let them hang down for 30 seconds. In addition, when inserting the needle, press it down and then pop it out to avoid inserting it too shallowly.

4. Please store the test paper in a dry and dark place. It is best to use individually packaged test strips and do not touch the test area and blood drop area of ​​the test strip when using it.

5. The blood collection needle cannot be reused and must be used once to ensure accuracy. This is a very important point for diabetic patients to measure their blood sugar themselves.